Resources
Australian Pollinator Week has been communicating the importance of native bees and other insect pollinators to a broad range of community groups since 2012.
Over this time, it has become clear that people are better engaged when presented with inspiring photos and tangible examples of how to support insect pollinators and ecosystems.
To help you to run your own Australian Pollinator Week activities, various resources and activities can be downloaded here for free under a Creative Commons license. You may download any or all of the resources and share them with others in line with the Creative Commons licensing terms, listed below.
Download Logos
Download the Australian Pollinator Week logo in various formats.
A celebration of Australia’s unique pollinators.
2021 Australian Pollinator Week Song
Written and performed by the enormously talented Amelie Ecology and Reuben Ryan, it’s a celebration of our wonderful and diverse pollinators and is sure to get you all abuzz.
2020 Australian Pollinator Week Song
Michael Fine has written a great theme song especially for Australian Pollinator Week, which with thanks to many talented photographers is available for listening and viewing.
Information Sheets.
Why is Australian Pollinator Week important?
The world is suffering from major pollinator declines, but through education and events such as Pollinator Week, we can bring these usually-unnoticed insects to the forefront of peoples’ thoughts, with the goal of supporting and protecting their populations.
Creating a pollinator habitat garden.
A pollinator habitat garden is a place that can provide food, shelter, and nesting space for insect pollinators, such as native bees, as well as increasing the biodiversity of your garden.
Building a pollinator nest.
As land is cleared to build houses or shopping centres, we remove natural wildlife habitat. We can, however, provide additional nesting space for bees, to help them find a safe place to rear their offspring. Different bees like different nesting substrate. About 30% of native bees naturally nest in pre-existing cavities and will nest in man-made substrate. These include resin bees, leaf-cutter bees, masked bees and reed bees.
Planting for Australian native bees.
Most of our native bees are ‘generalist’ foragers, which means they will collect pollen and nectar from a variety of flowers. However, it is best to incorporate a mix of native plants into your garden.
Catch, observe and identify your bugs.
There are thousands upon thousands of insect species in the world. Some can be problematic, by eating our garden plants or trying to eat us! But many of the insects in our environment are ‘beneficial bugs’ and help to maintain the balance within our ecosystems.
Pollination dependency.
Pollinators affect 35% of global agricultural land, supporting the production of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide.* The vast majority of pollinators are wild, including over 20,000 species of bees. Australia is home to approximately 2,000 native bee species. Together with the European honey bee, Apis mellifera, they are keystone pollinators of our forests, fodder, flowers, fibre and food crops.
Activity Sheets.
Resources on this Australian Pollinator Week website are available for free download and circulation under a Creative Commons License. By downloading this information you are agreeing to the terms of this Creative Commmons Licensing Agreement which can be found here: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Australian Pollinator Information Resources by Bees Business and The Wheen Bee Foundation are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Based on work at https://www.beesbusiness.com.au/. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au/about-us/contact-us/.
